Bloodyhog

Absolutely! Something very different, well designed, and huge. Highly recommend.

The resolution obviously means nothing and there will be no consequences (as with so many of the UN actions recently). But what a list in red. Who would possibly contemplate seeing Russia and the US on the same side just a couple years ago?

Used to live in CH and here to make the same point: as the taxes are low there, alcohol (and, surprisingly, big TVs back then) were some of the very few things cheaper to buy locally. Do not think it changed now. Restaurants, on the other hand, were some of the most expensive in the world there.

Bought my place from a family of Hindu fixer-uppers. The house ticked almost all the boxes for us, so totally no regrets (after spending a lot on redoing things,but that is another matter).

There still is one quirk left that I cannot explain though. The guys built an extension, adding roughly 15sqm to the living room. That was actually one of the major selling points for us as we did not want to do such a big project on our own from day one.

BUT. They somehow thought that would be a grand idea to put 14 ceiling lights there. Almost 1 per sqm. My eyes bleed if all are on! Luckily, they split it into 2 groups, so I can use only 6 - and that is bright enough.

Second the cooler you recommend. My cpu is frozen most of the time.

The 2014 events were driven by the really nasty people, proper "russian jihadists", if you like. Cut-throats armed by Russia dealt a lot of damage in Eastern Ukraine. Most of them now are either dead or in prison for being too unpalatable for their own. Borodai is one of the few survivors, but he still retains the spirit.

Not sure if what he says is the real set of ideas behind all the war drama.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that the rest of Duma/government are fluffy kittens, just that he is an extremist not necessarily reflective of the majority even in Duma.

Or maybe I am still too optimistic, after all these years.

It is, as usual, a bit more complicated than that. Of course there are hard-boiled imperialists there, as anywhere. But it is unlikely that even Putin himself is one, he just has his own agenda.

Russians are a nation with too dark a history in the last couple centuries (and of course before). They were oppressed by their own, killed by their many neighbours in millions, and the memory of this lives deep in them. The major driver for many of them is to avoid harm first of all, powered with fear of their own government and instilled fear of "foreign malign forces" (definition changes by the day, rather easily, driven by propaganda). It is not safe to be against the war, so naturally the majority goes with the flow.

Do they want to actually conquer neighbours? In a way, there is a sense of pride in belonging to the strongest gang in the hood. As in, it is better to be a part of said gang than be chased by it.

Source: am russian-born, with a lot of contacts in the country.

Your point does not contradict mine, unfortunately. He was and is popular. Maybe a little less so now, but he would win fair elections now, I think. The line many people in Russia take is "he is the only one who could take us out of this mess. Without him the country will collapse". And there are, of course, a lot who wholeheartedly support his imperial ambitions, just like there are plenty of magas in the US.

This is a game of scale. You just need to build a shitton of everything, until you have legendary tier stuff in abundance. Then you can downsize ( but you should not, of course. The factory must grow!). The god of Factorio, Nilaus, has a lot to share. Do check him on YT if you need inspiration.

A lot of people had this attitude in Russia. Let the evil guys run the country to the ground, and then rebuild into a better structure. This will happen, I think, the only problem is that can take decades and millions of people dead in the process. No suggestions here, just a note...

Я вообще ни одного не видел, но и не искал. Лемми очень нишевый всё же.

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